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Re:Blue Origin first human flight by RIMR on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:24PM (#27897324)
For real, people straight up fetishize the experience of "going to space", but the reality is that you're crammed in stinky tin can for a while, and eat preserved food.

The real magic of human spaceflight for me is the science that is done up there. Sending a bunch of untrained rich people into space for the fun of it is not especially inspiring. The idea of getting crammed like sardines into a giant rocket so I can experience this with the masses is just not a great dream.

Re:Blue Origin first human flight by Ajedi32 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:24PM (#27898053)
Space is inspiring to a lot of people because it represents both the the peak of human achievement, and humanity's future. Space is the final frontier; the next logical step in humankind's unending quest to explore the universe.

For me personally? I just want to mess around in 0G for a day or two. That seems like it'd be a rather unique experience; well worth a few thousand bucks and a couple hours packed shoulder to shoulder in a ship with a thousand other people.

Re:Blue Origin first human flight by mam3 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:26PM (#27898100)
If you cant dream beyond what you eat and the distance you can go in each direction its totally fine but dont impose it to other people